People have launched youtube careers filming and posting stuff like this.
Project Binky is well worth a watch if you enjoy car restoration, upgrades/rebuilding, and generally extreme make-overs on classic cars.
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alexwasserman commented on · Posted by u/polishporridge
What’s he a whistleblower of? He didn’t work at JS, so it’s not there.
This report seems off. From other more trustworthy sources (eg BBG/Levine) JS were trading the illiquid stock market to move options prices. This says large options volumes were moving options markets. Even if manipulated, and that’s not clear, he has it backwards.
alexwasserman commented on My five-year experiment with UTC timestripe.com/magazine/b... · Posted by u/adamci
Clearly everybody should use Swatch Internet Time, also known as “.beat”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
Nothing is more rad than checking the dot-beat on my translucent plastic watch while waiting for dial-up to connect so I can update my ICQ status to let my global friends know I’m listening to “Barbie Girl” from a 128k MP3 in WinAMP. Pre-emptive multitasking baby.
Well that took me back.
For some reason no friends or family took me seriously when I brought it up at the time.
alexwasserman commented on Ask HN: What kind of whiteboard does not use dry erase markers? · Posted by u/dandrew5
In a previous apartment, I painted a wall with several coats of blackboard (chalkboard) paint and then used fancy chalk on it, and a chalkboard eraser. Worked pretty well. The landlord even let me keep it up when I moved out, because the next tenants liked it.
We did this when we renovated. Had a kitchen wall section chalk board painted for notes, as well as a much larger section of the kids play room wall.
The notes was useful space on the kitchen and the playroom one the kids just loved to doodle. Their friends were always impressed and loved to be able to leave a tag or doodle on it when they came over.
We tried a layer of magnetic paint too, but it didn’t work nearly as well.
alexwasserman commented on Ask HN: How do you have effective 1:1s with your manager? · Posted by u/justsocrateasin
I’m a manager, and have been for a while (although I also have 1-1s). Personally, I think project updates belong in stand-up, sprint planning, tickets, etc. Anywhere except 1-1s.
If you want a really simple framework just focus on the previous week and highlight what went well (ie. that needs repeating), what went badly and needs fixing (or coaching, etc), what needs changing (could be a combo of both above).
Every 3-6 months I try to have a more strategic conversation about career paths and making sure annual goals are on track. Effectively reviewing progress against them and making sure the person is on track for success, adjusting as necessary. Similarly, asking about what projects they want to do next, where do they think we should dedicate effort and focus, etc. If they had the resources what would they do? This can be a great way to learn about how they approach problems, and to uncover issues in process and tooling. I want everyone on the team bought in to feeling like they can make a difference, and it’s really helped my teams develop great tools.
Other good questions I like to ask periodically are around what’s frustrating, what could we improve as a team, etc. I want their input to improve the life of everyone.
I always try to ask for feedback and how I can improve, or what roadblocks I can remove for people.
Sometimes we just chat - teams work well together when they understand each other. I like to know what’s important to people, and what isn’t. What stresses them, and what helps them flow. Sometimes those things just come from less structured conversation.
I’ve found having a shared doc to jot down notes in the week really helps. A google doc, OneDrive doc, whatever. Just something that’s open and can throw in some bullets to talk about. Particularly when blocked on something, or I need to ask a question about how to strategically approach a problem, I’ll throw it in the doc. Then before the 1-1 I reread it to prep my thoughts. It’s worked really well for me with my managers, and with my reports.
Ask what they’re focused on and how you can support that. Ask about what their manager cares about and how you can support the larger department or org. Ask what they’re worried about. Ask what makes them happy.
The most value I’ve had from 1-1s has often been just getting to know people, and demonstrating empathy, compassion, and engagement. This is why I really hate the project based 1-1s - they end up being very transactional, and very 1-sided; just a list of “I did this ticket” type things. For people who are used to it, it can take a while to break out of the cycle.
alexwasserman commented on New MacBook Air Fixes This Decades-Long Design Oversight macrumors.com/2025/03/07/... · Posted by u/ksec
I posted it here hoping to know how the original design came to place. Muted Speaker graphics design is nothing new. I wonder why it was done that way and kept that long. Even Apple's UI graphics is a stroke across the speaker.
Because it’s within a set of three speaker buttons.
The first has no sound, the second a less sound, the third more sound. They correspond to mute (no sound), lower volume (less), raise volume (more).
Within the set of three buttons it’s perfectly sensible and intuitive.
It wouldn’t make sense on its own, but on the keyboard it isn’t.
alexwasserman commented on New MacBook Air Fixes This Decades-Long Design Oversight macrumors.com/2025/03/07/... · Posted by u/ksec
The current icon made sense, "no sound, less sound, more sound".
I wonder why the strike line is going from bottom-right to top-left though.
Yes, within the set of three speaker icons it makes perfect sense.
If it was a one-off it’s unintuitive, but on the keyboard where it’s used it’s fine.
alexwasserman commented on I ditched my Pi-hole but still block ads with NextDNS mattsayar.com/why-i-ditch... · Posted by u/MattSayar
Always seems that people forget piholes run really well in a docker container basically anywhere.
The pi bit of it is less important than the hole bit of it.
and with things like Tailscale or ZeroTier you can run your pihole at home and use it from anywhere on mobile devices too
I run a couple at home and they've been rock solid in containers on mini-pcs for a long time.
alexwasserman commented on How to add a directory to your PATH jvns.ca/blog/2025/02/13/h... · Posted by u/misonic
I don't think I've ever lost a setting from there. the manpage (path_helper) was last updated 2007, so I think it's fair to say it's not a very dynamic corner of the OS.
I was worried more sometimes the OS will just reset everything in /etc (and other places) on reinstall
alexwasserman commented on PASS on Firing of Probationary Employees at FAA passnational.org/index.ph... · Posted by u/ronbenton
>> Several hundred employees have been impacted with messages being sent from an ‘exec order’ Microsoft email address, not an official .gov email address.
Can I register doge_exec_official_genuine_super_real_orders@hotmail.com and start firing government staff too?